Month: March 2009

For a limited time, you’ll be able to audit NetApp filers with my SCM tool for free, using an email service I knocked together this weekend. I had the idea during the week, and it was surprisingly simple to get working. SCM really is pretty awesome. If you have NetApps,… Read More

There was an image in the paper this weekend that was a parody of a well known painting. Actually, there were two: one was a parody of Edvard Munch’s The Scream, where they’d added a clown hat and clown makeup. I thought it fitting, since clowns are evil. I couldn’t… Read More

I’m doing a lot of travel at the moment, attending to clients interstate. This means I spend a lot of time in taxis and airport lounges. I don’t quite qualify for QantasClub yet (give it another couple of weeks), so I can’t just plug into free internet access of any… Read More

I’ve recently made some updates to my seafelt Configuration Manager tool, specifically around the auditing function. When I’m doing gigs for customers, I often need to check that their configuration settings are correct. It’s one of the biggest causes of problems in an environment. It gets worse when you have… Read More

I upgraded from emacs 21 to emacs 22 about 6 months ago. I was looking for some of the better features of emacs 22, and for some bug fixes. Alas, I ended up being bitten by some other bugs. These bugs were annoying, but not quite bad enough to make… Read More